Gear shaping is one of the most prominent methods for manufacturing cylindrical gears. It is highly versatile and is one of the only processes capable of machining internal gears.
None of the currently available simulation software programs take into account all of the important factors affecting the quality of a machined gear, such as process kinematics and physical attributes of cutting process (i.e. cutting forces and elastic deflections). As such, existing solutions either have very limited accuracy that leads to limited quality of the machined part or; are extremely slow and not suitable for simulating the entire machining process (e.g. Finite Element Methods approach).
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have combined their deep gear shaping knowledge and years of machining expertise together to develop a machining simulation software called “Digi-Shape” for gear shaping. The software is capable of simulating effects caused by cutting forces and elastic deflections, in addition to the kinematic effects, which greatly improves the accuracy of the predicted quality of the gear. Digi-Shape is the first physics-based software developed specifically for simulating a gear shaping process in its entirety.
Advantages
Digi-Shape allows process planners to virtually manufacture their gears and optimize their process designs offline and without wasting valuable machine time and material. Some of Digi-Shape advantages are:
Potential applications
Digi-Shape optimizes gear-shaping process in manufacturing internal and external gears.
Availability Status
The non-exclusive license is available
Stage of development
Software is commercialized, nonexclusive license available
Research Ongoing
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